Disturbed Peace

Old Mrs. Saunders loved it where she lived. In a long, peaceful street where it was always suny with a clear blue sky, only a few white clouds dotting the horizon. And there was always a nice cool breeze whispering through the trees that lined the street. Mrs. Saunders had always thought of it as her calm, tranquil haven that was her serene heaven. And she had lived there as long as she could remember. She and her husband had moved in there when they were first married. They had raised their three children, Skye Logan and Ava there and they had lived ther when her husband had passed 3 years ago. Now it was just Mrs Saunders and her little dog, Ella. Her three kids had all finished school and had moved out.

The street was just as it always had been until one day, a family with two rowdy, loud teenage boys moved in next door. They completely disturbed Mrs. Saunders' peace. They made it harder for she and Ella to go to sleep at night and they also made it hard for her to enjoy her Sundays. Ehere she would start by going and doing the groceries and getting the paper and her copy of the latest 'That's Life!' magazine. Then'd she'd sit on her front porch in her favourite chair and read the paper and magazine and then do the puzzles.

So one day, when Mrs. Saunders just couldn't take it anymore, she marched over to the house next door to have a chat with their mother, to find that she was heavily pregnant. "Eversince you and your family have moved in here, I've had awful troubles getting to sleep and my Sundays have been destroyed by that awful racket your sons make." The woman stood there, shocked, a baffled look on her face. It soon turned into a fight. They only found a solution when the woman's husband came in and sat down with the two women for a mediation. It was there that they reached a compromise. The boys had to stay quiet after 8 each evening and after 3 on Saturdays and all day Sundays. The rest of the time they could make all the noise they wanted.

From that day on, everything was once again peaceful, and eventually, Mrs. Saunders and the woman, Olivia grew to become quite good friends. Olivia went on to have two more daughters and Mrs Saunders stayed living in the street until the day she died.